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Post by CG on the loose on Jun 20, 2021 22:30:48 GMT
Saw The Mousetrap last week and saw Six tonight so finally ticket the last two off my list! Yes, I've ticked off St Martin's now, but the Fortune still remains unvisited!
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Post by Mark on Jun 20, 2021 22:37:58 GMT
Saw The Mousetrap last week and saw Six tonight so finally ticket the last two off my list! Yes, I've ticked off St Martin's now, but the Fortune still remains unvisited! Certainly worth a visit to see Woman on Black. I feel like a lot of people who have ignored the presence of The Mousetrap all these years finally made the effort to go, which is great really - well worth seeing (although I’m not sure it warrants that length of run except for the novelty factor)
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 21, 2021 15:16:13 GMT
Saw The Mousetrap last week and saw Six tonight so finally ticket the last two off my list! Yes, I've ticked off St Martin's now, but the Fortune still remains unvisited! Austentatious are well worth a visit. A different story each time, I must have visited the Fortune more than any other!
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Post by CG on the loose on Jun 21, 2021 16:09:52 GMT
Yes, I've ticked off St Martin's now, but the Fortune still remains unvisited! Certainly worth a visit to see Woman on Black. I feel like a lot of people who have ignored the presence of The Mousetrap all these years finally made the effort to go, which is great really - well worth seeing (although I’m not sure it warrants that length of run except for the novelty factor) I saw The Mousetrap on it's 60th anniversary tour but the current casting tempted me in for another visit in the West End. Woman in Black has never appealed, but I may yet have to do it just to tick off the venue!
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Post by CG on the loose on Jun 21, 2021 16:11:16 GMT
Yes, I've ticked off St Martin's now, but the Fortune still remains unvisited! Austentatious are well worth a visit. A different story each time, I must have visited the Fortune more than any other! Aha! Now that's a better option... I saw Austentatious a couple of times at the Savoy but hadn't realised they were returning to the Fortune at the end of the year. Thanks for the heads-up
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Post by David J on Jun 21, 2021 16:19:43 GMT
Finally ticked off St Martins as well. Don't know when I'll go to the Lyric and Fortune. I like to get moderately scared watching horror movies at home but not at the cinema, let alone the thought of seeing Woman in Black.
Maybe I could see Six again at the Lyric or Austentatious. But I am choosier these days about what I want to trapse up to London to see.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 21, 2021 18:17:37 GMT
Just had a look at the list and I have been to all apart from St Martins so unless Mousetrap closes and something I want to see goes in then I probably will never go there.
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Post by jgblunners on Jun 21, 2021 18:29:59 GMT
The only one from the list that I haven’t visited is the Lyric, but now that Thriller has moved out I’m much more likely to make a trip there!
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Post by Jon on Jun 21, 2021 19:14:12 GMT
Just had a look at the list and I have been to all apart from St Martins so unless Mousetrap closes and something I want to see goes in then I probably will never go there. If the pandemic couldn't kill off The Mousetrap, nothing will!
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Post by alece10 on Jun 21, 2021 19:20:33 GMT
Just had a look at the list and I have been to all apart from St Martins so unless Mousetrap closes and something I want to see goes in then I probably will never go there. If the pandemic couldn't kill off The Mousetrap, nothing will! I'm sure it will outlive me.
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Post by Peter on Jun 21, 2021 21:33:37 GMT
Five to go!
Ambassadors Arts Lyceum Playhouse Trafalgar Studios
As home to an entrenched long-runner I think the Lyceum will be the only tricky one as I have no desire to see the Lion King again (having see a tour a good while ago)…
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 22, 2021 8:26:13 GMT
Not last year, obvs, but there are sometimes Christmas concerts at the Lyceum, presented by London Musical Theatre Orchestra.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 22, 2021 9:00:19 GMT
I went to Trafalgar Studios multiple times. I also worked at the Whitehall Theatre backin in the day. I'm not sure I "have" to visit the Trafalgar Theatre.
Her Majesty's - not a chance of me visiting while POTO is running.
Fortune - I'm not against the Woman in Black. There is just always something more interesting to see.
Don't hate me for saying this, but most West End theatres look the same to me
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Post by Jan on Jun 22, 2021 9:19:21 GMT
I actively avoid West End theatres - horrible tatty old flea pits with bad seats, bad sightlines, badly-behaved audiences and expensive tickets. I've been to just over half on the list I think.
One place I haven't been to is the Arts - it just isn't on my radar at all. What is it like ? Is it in the same location as when "Waiting for Godot" premiered there in 1955 ?
I thought it was some sort of smaller studio venue so I don't know why it would qualify for the West End list when Soho and Jermyn Street apparently don't.
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Post by sph on Jun 22, 2021 21:34:21 GMT
I actively avoid West End theatres - horrible tatty old flea pits with bad seats, bad sightlines, badly-behaved audiences and expensive tickets. I've been to just over half on the list I think. One place I haven't been to is the Arts - it just isn't on my radar at all. What is it like ? Is it in the same location as when "Waiting for Godot" premiered there in 1955 ? I thought it was some sort of smaller studio venue so I don't know why it would qualify for the West End list when Soho and Jermyn Street apparently don't. Well it's certainly larger than Jermyn street - its capacity is approximately 350. I think because of its programme of relatively successful musicals and plays, as well as its location, people count it as West End, but strictly speaking it probably isn't. And it's more pros-arch in style rather than studio.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 22, 2021 21:56:12 GMT
I actively avoid West End theatres - horrible tatty old flea pits with bad seats, bad sightlines, badly-behaved audiences and expensive tickets. I've been to just over half on the list I think. One place I haven't been to is the Arts - it just isn't on my radar at all. What is it like ? Is it in the same location as when "Waiting for Godot" premiered there in 1955 ? I thought it was some sort of smaller studio venue so I don't know why it would qualify for the West End list when Soho and Jermyn Street apparently don't. Given the premise of your first sentence, I would advice you in the strongest terms to avoid the theatre you mention in your second paragraph. I don’t agree the West End is expensive, it is if you allow it to be.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 23, 2021 6:09:41 GMT
Although the Arts could be brilliant if it had a refurb. It's a lovely size auditorium with good sightlines. Just clean it up and magic a space to put the toilets.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 23, 2021 6:20:31 GMT
…and bolt the seats to the floor properly. I sat down a bit heavy when my row was empty and the whole thing tipped backwards
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 23, 2021 8:44:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 8:49:33 GMT
Was thinking about this the other day so here’s my list;
London Palladium x2 (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Wizard of Oz) Prince Edward x1 (Mary Poppins) Theatre Royal Drury Lane x4 (Oliver!, Backstage tour, Shrek and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Cambridge x1 (Matilda) Prince of Wales x1 (The Book of Mormon) Gielgud x1 (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) Gillian Lynne (then New London) x1 (School of Rock) Garrick x1 (Young Frankenstein) Victoria Palace x1 (Hamilton)
London (non-West End) list;
National x1 (The Threepenny Opera - Olivier) The Old Vic x2 (Groundhog Day and A Christmas Carol) Barbican x1 (Jesus Christ Superstar)
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Post by danb on Jun 23, 2021 10:24:09 GMT
I haven’t been to the Arts, the Old Vic, Criterion, St Martins, the Barbican, the Fortune or the Cottesloe. Easier to do it that way round.
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Post by maggiem on Jun 23, 2021 11:05:44 GMT
I have been to ... Adelphi Aldwych Ambassadors Apollo Apollo Victoria Bridge Cambridge Dominion Duchess Duke Of York's Garrick Gielgud Gillian Lynne/New London Harold Pinter Her Majesty's London Palladium Lyceum Lyric Noël Coward Old Vic Palace Peacock Piccadilly Playhouse Prince Edward Prince Of Wales Shaftesbury Sondheim (Queens) Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Theatre Royal Haymarket Trafalgar Studios/Whitehall Vaudeville Victoria Palace Wyndham's
Still to visit --- Arts, Criterion, Fortune, Novello, Phoenix, Savoy, St. Martins, Shakespeare's Globe
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Post by Jan on Jun 23, 2021 12:05:50 GMT
I actively avoid West End theatres - horrible tatty old flea pits with bad seats, bad sightlines, badly-behaved audiences and expensive tickets. I've been to just over half on the list I think. One place I haven't been to is the Arts - it just isn't on my radar at all. What is it like ? Is it in the same location as when "Waiting for Godot" premiered there in 1955 ? I thought it was some sort of smaller studio venue so I don't know why it would qualify for the West End list when Soho and Jermyn Street apparently don't. Given the premise of your first sentence, I would advice you in the strongest terms to avoid the theatre you mention in your second paragraph. . Thanks for the warning. Obviously it is not at all like the image of it I had in my head.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 23, 2021 15:34:48 GMT
…and bolt the seats to the floor properly. I sat down a bit heavy when my row was empty and the whole thing tipped backwards Also the carpet is/was stuck down with silver gaffer tape in numerous places. The gents is so small, if someone else walks in you get pushed into the urinal, of which it is a communal urinal which I hate. They have a wash station like is seen in McDonalds, train toilets or council toilets in car parks, rather than a decent hand wash basin and soap. The theatre cannot be accessed by disabled people, which in this day and age is very unacceptable.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 23, 2021 17:53:16 GMT
It can. Wheelchair users have to sit in the circle.
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Post by george123 on Jun 23, 2021 20:50:28 GMT
The Arts theatre is in really bad shape. When I saw Six those were my experiences too. It's like a third rate run down cinema.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 20:53:50 GMT
Three i need to tick off the list Ambassadors - not even sure where it is Garrick - i was going to City of Angels St.Martins - Will only see it if they include it in an Open House Day
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Jun 24, 2021 5:44:25 GMT
In the West End there's only a handful I haven't been to...Dominion (weirdly enough), Aldwych, Lyric (obviously). Peacock was mentioned, never been, as well as Barbican, Royal Opera House (only done a tour) and Coliseum.. Three of them would possibly be on the list next time I (hopefully) come to London: Anything Goes, Hairspray and Prince of Egypt. Oh, and never been to the Royal Court, somehow proud of that.
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Jun 24, 2021 12:42:16 GMT
Weird that many people rank theatres by (and are generally obsessed with, see threads in this forum) their toilets...I normally don't use them anyway, there are others around London I usually use instead.
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Post by craig on Jun 24, 2021 15:56:27 GMT
I’ve not been to the Royal Court in an age but it’s definitely one of my faves. Gorgeous place!
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